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I noticed there's a checkbox for "make FirefoxDeveloperEdition my default browser," is that just a vestigial thing from the regular FF installer, or is it actua

• Yoric 12y ago
  I've been using Firefox Nightly (which is more experimental than FDE) for years, without any real problem. So, I believe it's safe.
• sp332 12y ago
  This page says "We'll include experimental tools that aren't yet ready to ride the trains to release." But https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/11/mozilla-introduces-the-first-browser-built-for-developers-firefox-developer-edition/ https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/11/mozilla-introduces-the-fir... says "It’s a stable developer browser which is not only a powerful authoring tool but also robust enough for everyday browsing." So maybe the browser part is stable, but the tools are experimental? And it uses a different profile by default, so a broken plugin can't step on your history, bookmarks etc.
  • masklinn 12y ago
    From other comments, it's ~aurora (pre-beta) but it may get new tools from nightly much sooner, very soon after nightly and long before they move to beta. So the browser itself should be pretty stable, but the devtools may not be. It may also gets developer-specific UI customisations which never get merged into the beta/release channels.